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. 1977 Jul;74(7):2958-62.
doi: 10.1073/pnas.74.7.2958.

Specific action of T4 endonuclease V on damaged DNA in xeroderma pigmentosum cells in vivo

K Tanaka, H Hayakawa, M Sekiguchi, Y Okada

Specific action of T4 endonuclease V on damaged DNA in xeroderma pigmentosum cells in vivo

K Tanaka et al. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1977 Jul.

Abstract

The specific action of T4 endonuclease V on damaged DNA in xeroderma pigmentosum cells was examined using an in vivo assay system with hemagglutinating virus of Japan (Sendai virus) inactivated by UV light. A clear dose response was observed between the level of UV-induce unscheduled DNA synthesis of xeroderma pigmentosum cells and the amount of T4 endonuclease V activity added. The T4 enzyme was unstable in human cells, and its half-life was 3 hr. Fractions derived from an extract of Escherichia coli infected with T4V1, a mutant defective in the endonuclease V gene, showed no ability to restore the UV-induced unscheduled DNA synthesis of xeroderma pigmentosum cells. However, fractions derived from an extract of T4D-infected E. coli with endonuclease V activity were effective. The T4 enzyme was effective in xeroderma pigmentosum cells on DNA damaged by UV light but not in cells damaged by 4-nitroquinoline 1-oxide. The results of these experiments show that the T4 enzyme has a specific action on human cell DNA in vivo. Treatment with the T4 enzyme increased the survival of group A xeroderma pigmentosum cells after UV irradiation.

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